Hicks: Britney Spears single and contemplating Las Vegas residency.

Britney Spears may be the next entertainer to adopt the "Why go to the fans, when they can come to me?" approach.

Now that's she out at "X Factor" and recording a new record, Spears is considering doing a Vegas residency. Spears is in serious talks with one of the major casino groups, a source told E! News. TMZ reported the talks are with Caesars Entertainment.

Spears announced today that it was a "difficult decision" to leave Simon Cowell and company at "X Factor," but explained that "it's time for me to get back in the studio.

In other words, I quit before I got canned.

"Watching (the X Factor contestants) all do their thing up on that stage every week made me miss performing so much!" she said in a statement. "I can't wait to get back out there and do what I love most."

Drink Frappuccinos?

Reports circulated last week that Cowell was ready to end the Spears experiment after one year. The singer was expected to provide the show a spark, which didn't happen.

Spears's 2011 Femme Fatale tour (the seventh in her career) included 79 shows around the world and reportedly grossed $68.7 million. That same year, she was reportedly being wooed for a residency by Vegas' Palms Hotel and Casino.

And in other exciting Britney Spears news, TMZ reported Friday that Spears has officially broken up with Jason Trawick.

The couple got engaged back in 2011. Trawick started out as Britney's agent, started dating her, and eventually became her co-conservator along with her dad, Jamie Spears.

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Multiple sources connected to the couple supposedly told TMZ that Trawick didn't want to make the announcement until he was taken off the conservatorship. Lawyers for the conservatorship were in court Friday, so it could've happened then.

Sources say it was a "friendly breakup" and they just "grew apart." It wasn't you, Britney. It was Jason. He just needed some space and wanted to see other people, now that it's senior year.

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